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OpenAI Whisper

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`openai/whisper-1`

US providers EU-focused OpenAI

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Publisher	OpenAIopenai
AI IQ	No AI IQ profile matched yet.
Input limit	7 MiB, up to 10 minutes
Input formats	mp3, wav
Billing	audio seconds
Price	$0.00633/audio minute
API	Audio transcription
Providers	OpenAI
Credits routes	1 provider route
Modes	transcription US providers EU-focused
Billing	Credits

How to use OpenAI Whisper

File transcription, billed per request or audio duration, not text tokens.

Input	POST /v1/audio/transcriptions with multipart file or base64 input_audio, and model. PCM WAV or MP3, at most 7 MiB and ten minutes.
Output	JSON text and usage; verbose_json adds supported timestamps.

Example input

{"model":"openai/whisper-1","input_audio":{"data":"<base64>","format":"wav"}}

Example output

{"text":"Hello","usage":{"seconds":1,"cost":0.01}}

Current route evidence

Live leaderboard

$0.00633/audio minuteLowest Credits input price

IncludedLowest Credits output price

not enough dataFastest measured p50 TTFT

not enough dataHighest measured throughput

Recent provider-route uptime spans not enough data across 1 route and 1 provider. Price comes from the current Credits catalog. Speed and uptime come from routed probes rather than vendor claims.

Providers serving this model

Audio requests use the listed model and provider. These routes do not silently switch models or providers.

Trust boundary: TR router attestation verifies the TrustedRouter gateway only. Provider policy separately describes the upstream model host's retention, confidential compute, and E2EE posture. Company country is separate from inference location. Weight formats are source-backed declarations, not per-request proofs.

Provider	Input	Cached input	Output	Weight format	Provider policy	Company / inference location	Measured speed
OpenAIopenai	$0.00633/audio minute	Not applicable	Included	Unknown	Retention unverified - not strict ZDR Retention details This exact model and upstream ID have not been approved for strict ZDR under the current account controls. Provider-wide ZDR, no-training and successful inference are insufficient. Safety retention or other content storage may apply; the route is excluded until reviewed. Provider policy source	Operator country: US Location details Headquarters / registered office: Not verified. Inference: Inference location not verified; no country-specific residency commitment. No inference-location declaration has been verified for this provider. Region pinning through TR: No verified provider-specific location pin documented here. Full location evidence	TTFT: insufficient data Speed: insufficient data

Speed is the median (p50) from TR's recent measured requests for this exact model and provider, refreshed from the cached leaderboard. At least two timing samples are required; workload and network conditions affect results. Performance details

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Questions

What model ID should I use for OpenAI Whisper?

Use openai/whisper-1 as the model field with the TrustedRouter OpenAI-compatible API. Credits routing and provider fallback happen behind that model ID.

Which providers serve OpenAI Whisper?

TrustedRouter currently lists OpenAI for OpenAI Whisper. Provider availability and routing eligibility can change as catalog and health data update.

How much does OpenAI Whisper cost through TrustedRouter?

The current Credits price is $0.00633/audio minute. Output is included; these are audio prices, not text-token prices.

How do I require zero data retention for OpenAI Whisper?

Set provider.min_privacy to zdr on the request. TrustedRouter considers only routes with a recorded zero-data-retention posture and fails closed if no eligible route remains.